[obol] Birding Trip Report - OFO meeting birds Central Oregon

[Judy Meredith]

Birders
Here is the trip list from the OFO weekend but it may not include all
of the Sunday birds if there were new ones. 
A great weekend!  Thanks to terrific field trip leaders and participants
as well,  169 birds so far  and I probably missed some on the list.
Judy Meredith 
jmeredit at bendnet.com


Birdlist is from OFO annual meeting and includes Wheeler
County and a bit of Crook county as well as Deschutes county.
Black-throated Sparrows ( NUMERUS) were seen on the Painted 
Hills trip in Wheeler county. Thanks to Joel! Veery were seen in 
Crook (?) and in Deschutes Black Butte/Glaze Meadow area. 
Also additional bird, "sapsucker sp"  due to hybrid bird seen at 
Cold Springs. Catbird was in riparian area at Smith Rocks.  
Birds seen (in taxonomic order):
> 
> Canada Goose
> Trumpeter Swan
> Wood Duck
> Gadwall
> American Wigeon
> Mallard
> Cinnamon Teal
> Northern Pintail
> Green-Winged Teal
> Redhead
> Ring-necked Duck
> Lesser Scaup
> Bufflehead
> Barrow's Goldeneye
> Hooded Merganser
> Common Merganser
> Ruddy Duck
> Ring-necked Pheasant
> Ruffed Grouse
> Blue Grouse - Hosmer Lake, Mallard CG.
> California Quail
> Pied-billed Grebe
> Eared Grebe
> Western Grebe
> American White Pelican - High Lakes
> Double-crested Cormorant
> American Bittern - Hosmer
> Great Blue Heron 
> Turkey Vulture
> Osprey
> Bald Eagle
> Northern Harrier
> Sharp-shinned Hawk
> Cooper's Hawk
> Northern Goshawk - Pine Mountain
> Red-tailed Hawk
> Ferruginous Hawk - 7 birds near Hampton
> Golden Eagle  - several locations
> American Kestrel
> Prairie Falcon
> Virginia Rail
> Sora
> Sandhill Crane
> Killdeer
> Spotted Sandpiper
> Common Snipe
> Wilson's Phalarope
> Ring-billed Gull
> California Gull
> Caspian Tern
> Rock Dove
> Mourning Dove
> Flammulated Owl - Tom's owling - Tumalo Falls area
> Western Screech-Owl   "                                 "
> Great Horned Owl
> Northern Pygmy-Owl - several fledglings Glaze Meadow
> Common Nighthawk 
> Common Poorwill - Tumalo Falls area, owlers
> Vaux's Swift
> White-throated Swift
> Anna's Hummingbird
> Calliope Hummingbird
> Rufous Hummingbird
> Belted Kingfisher
> Lewis' Woodpecker
> Williamson's Sapsucker
> Red-naped Sapsucker
> Red-breasted Sapsucker
> Downy Woodpecker
> Hairy Woodpecker
> White-headed Woodpecker
> Three-toed Woodpecker - Hosmer
> Black-backed Woodpecker
> Northern Flicker
> Pileated Woodpecker
> Olive-sided Flycatcher
> Western Wood-Pewee
> Willow Flycatcher
> Hammond's Flycatcher
> Gray Flycatcher
> Dusky Flycatcher
> Pacific-slope Flycatcher
> Say's Phoebe
> Ash-throated Flycatcher
> Western Kingbird
> Loggerhead Shrike
> Cassin's Vireo
> Warbling Vireo
> Gray Jay
> Steller's Jay
> Blue Jay
> Western Scrub-Jay
> Pinyon Jay
> Clark's Nutcracker
> Black-billed Magpie
> American Crow
> Common Raven
> Horned Lark
> Tree Swallow
> Violet-green Swallow
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow
> Bank Swallow
> Cliff Swallow
> Barn Swallow
> Mountain Chickadee
> Chestnut-backed Chickadee
> Bushtit
> Red-breasted Nuthatch
> White-breasted Nuthatch
> Pygmy Nuthatch
> Brown Creeper
> Rock Wren
> Canyon Wren
> House Wren
> Winter Wren
> Marsh Wren
> American Dipper
> Golden-crowned Kinglet
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet
> Western Bluebird
> Mountain Bluebird
> Townsend's Solitaire
> Veery - Glaze Meadow, swamp area, seen and heard.  Ochocos?
> Swainson's Thrush -  Glaze
> Hermit Thrush
> American Robin
> Varied Thrush
> Gray Catbird -Smith Rocks, riparian
> Sage Thrasher
> European Starling
> Cedar Waxwing
> Nashville Warbler
> Yellow Warbler
> Yellow-rumped Warbler
> Black-throated Gray Warbler
> Townsend's Warbler
> Hermit Warbler
> MacGillivray's Warbler
> Common Yellowthroat
> Western Tanager
> Green-tailed Towhee
> Spotted Towhee
> Chipping Sparrow
> Brewer's Sparrow
> Vesper Sparrow
> Lark Sparrow
> Black-throated Sparrow - Joel found them many locations. ( Wheeler)
> Sage Sparrow
> Savannah Sparrow
> Fox Sparrow
> Song Sparrow
> Lincoln's Sparrow
> Dark-eyed Junco
> Black-headed Grosbeak
> Lazuli Bunting
> Red-winged Blackbird
> Western Meadowlark
> Yellow-headed Blackbird
> Brewer's Blackbird
> Brown-headed Cowbird
> Bullock's Oriole
> Purple Finch
> Cassin's Finch
> House Finch
> Red Crossbill
> Pine Siskin
> Lesser Goldfinch
> American Goldfinch
> House Sparrow
> 
> Total number of species seen: 169

Stay tuned for more to be added after Sunday field trips. What fun!
Judy Meredith
jmeredit at bendnet.com